[ he exhales while he says it, and it almost feels like yelena's punctured a balloonful of air, tumbling the truth loose between them now that she's named it for what it is. it feels like reliefβ a loosening of tension now that he suddenly and acutely understands that he gets what she means. bucky hadn't been able to put his finger on it or name the sensation, but now she's conveniently done it instead. ]
Like, not to make it even weirder or anything or hopefully not build it up too much, butβ I haven't gone on a date in eighty years. So I have no idea what I'm doing anymore, or what's even expected or normal anymore.
[ he's warm and alight and suddenly talkative, explaining it, but she can also hear that tight-reined frustration beneath the words. a particular frustration and haplessness with modern life he hasn't really gotten to discuss with anyone β he could've talked to steve about it if he was still around, since he'd understand, but they'd had too many other problems and concerns to wrangle at the time. dating had been somewhere at the far, far bottom of the list; possibly buried somewhere six feet down. ]
But it sounds like we can muddle through together. [ a beat, then he adds hopefully: ] Maybe it's easier, that we can both be shitty at this.
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[ he exhales while he says it, and it almost feels like yelena's punctured a balloonful of air, tumbling the truth loose between them now that she's named it for what it is. it feels like reliefβ a loosening of tension now that he suddenly and acutely understands that he gets what she means. bucky hadn't been able to put his finger on it or name the sensation, but now she's conveniently done it instead. ]
Like, not to make it even weirder or anything or hopefully not build it up too much, butβ I haven't gone on a date in eighty years. So I have no idea what I'm doing anymore, or what's even expected or normal anymore.
[ he's warm and alight and suddenly talkative, explaining it, but she can also hear that tight-reined frustration beneath the words. a particular frustration and haplessness with modern life he hasn't really gotten to discuss with anyone β he could've talked to steve about it if he was still around, since he'd understand, but they'd had too many other problems and concerns to wrangle at the time. dating had been somewhere at the far, far bottom of the list; possibly buried somewhere six feet down. ]
But it sounds like we can muddle through together. [ a beat, then he adds hopefully: ] Maybe it's easier, that we can both be shitty at this.